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On a ring main one leg between two sockets has been cut (red and black T+E) then joined by connector block...
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where can i get UL 1561 standard? i search through the net but cant find full UL 1561 standard.
please help.
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I've got to change a CU soon which has had PV system thrown into it.
What would you guys suggest, do I put the PV back into the new board via a...
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New to the domestic trade so starting off as i mean to go on by doing it right and safe!
just finished the first fix at an old farm house. new...
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I have just been and looked at a house for my mate, he has a earth rod in his front garden which has a 4mm cable from it to the mains board...
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Just planning the next stage on a job I have on the go at present. Bungalow with a lot of the internal walls being removed to...
Got one that's not very happy - claims to be full when it isn't - and a quick look suggests the pack will pop open and can probably replace...
Heres a debate for you, seeing as this place is as dead as a doornail today.
I have been testing a street of domestic properties recently, wired...
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My husband switched on his stereo in the next room and the TV screen went blank for a few seconds then returned to the channel it was on.The plug...
As it's not related to commercial or industrial specifically I thought I'd ask in here.
The work being done is two facing external walls being...
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I'm new to the forum,
recently left the army and did a short electrical course. (doesn't make me an expert by no means)
my...
Hey guys quick question regarding eicr's,if you inspected a property 30 years old with no rcd protection downstairs would you put this down as a...
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Have just bought a new Flavel Cooker and everything works ok until I switch on the fan oven and then the electric trips after a few...
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When i rcd test with my fluke meter it works on some circuits and on the rest it reads 310.0 Ms an wont trip!! Wots up?? Please help!
This is pretty obvious, I guess, but I need to get it out there .... I'm doing a rewire on a small house at the mo and trying to keep costs low...
Hi all new isolator through 200amp bus bar section controlled by 200amp isolator and fused at origin at 400ampincomer no breakers very old system...
Hi guys, any suggestions as to why a domestic and off peak supplies can't be put into the same split load board?
PIR this week, with Zs of the scale as lmoved along a socket radial, so I whip off a socket which has a spur going god knows where, any way back...
Went to have have a look at a job today that had recently been reconnected by the DNO, where the tails come out the fuse head for the economy 7...
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I try to buy/find a Instant tankless electric water heater in uk
as the flat I living in have no gas
and I want instant hot water...
Hi all, take it easy as first post on here. I have recently completed my eal domestic installers course and 2382 17th edition. I am renovated my...
Hi Guys,
Is the calculation different when working out Power consumption of a ystem with a DC supply rather than an AC supply?
I know P=I x V...
I have been asked to install a power supply for approx 2m² of electric underfloor heating. I'm not installing the stuff itself but I am awaiting...
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Please can you give your opinions on this yesterday when testing found the socket ring earths connected to back of box and a fly lead to the...
Hi Chaps.
I've got 6 x 20W TH under cupboard lights in the kitchen fed from 2 x 60VA transformers in the same location.
I would like to replace...
Well I've just completed my last module of level 3 of the 2330
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time for small break...
Loft space. I can see where I HAVE to get to to. Do I ...
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I have a milling machine that has too high a motor speed.
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2 x 25 mm tails and a 16mm earth as the main incomer ! Never saw this before has anyone else? Couldn't find where they when,t too.. Don't they...
Im currently doing 2395 inspection and testing course and was wondering When doing rule of thumb of 0.8( correction factor) for Zs values do you...
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Just looking for a bit of advice guys. I work for a Security company installing road blockers, automatic gates etc. I hold some electrical...
Whenever I wire a basic lighting circuit in Twin and earth I wire it in a radial with one end-of-line (e.o.l). However, I don't actually know the...
During my zs tests on the ring circuit the rcbo trips. The breaker also trips when I take a Zs on the cooker. I have carried an insulation...
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